Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Marcus Peters talks a huge game, but it's been a while since he came within an area code of backing it up. In anticipation of Sunday's NFC Championship Game meeting with the Saints in New Orleans, the Rams cornerback tweeted "It's gumbo week let's eat" on Monday, with an attached photo of…

Lynne Sladky/Associated Press James Harden, Houston Rockets There are powerlifters who couldn't shoulder the burden the Beard must carry for the injury-riddled Rockets. While he's three-point bombing and free-throw shooting his way through a historic scoring stretch, he's doing everything he can to mask the absences of Chris Paul (hamstring), Clint Capela (thumb) and, until…

Rich Schultz/Getty Images The Russell Westbrook-Joel Embiid rivalry added another chapter Saturday. Tempers flared in the closing minutes of Oklahoma City's 117-115 victory when Westbrook and Embiid were involved in a collision that saw the 7'0", 250-pound Sixers center fall on top of the 6'3", 200-pound Thunder point guard: Bleacher Report @BleacherReportRuss and Embiid get…

Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images Former Pro Bowl defensive end Greg Hardy's UFC debut didn't go as planned. Allen Crowder played the role of spoiler and ended his undefeated streak with a second-round disqualification win over Hardy in the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 1 from Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday. Hardy wasted no time…

Darron Cummings/Associated Press Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball suffered a sprained left ankle during the third quarter of Saturday night's game against the Houston Rockets. The Lakers announced Ball would not return and that he was headed to a local hospital for X-rays, according to Mike Trudell of the team's official website. X-rays…

Grant Halverson/Getty Images The last undefeated team in Division I men's college basketball finally fell Saturday, as the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils beat the No. 4 Virginia Cavaliers 72-70 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Virginia fell to 16-1 on the season, and with Michigan's loss to Wisconsin earlier in the day,…

0 of 6 TJ DillashawJohn Locher/Associated Press UFC Fight Night 143 was noteworthy for a few different reasons. The first is that this is the first UFC event to be broadcast through ESPN, with the card airing on the network's new ESPN+ streaming service. The second is that the UFC braintrust, in all their wisdom,…